Proposition O

Supporting Reproductive Rights

Proposition O would declare it to be City policy to; serve as a safe place for people seeking reproductive care, including abortions, protect the rights of pregnant people to control their medical decisions, and safeguard the confidentiality of reproductive health information. Proposition O is an ordinance that requires 50%+1 affirmative votes to pass.

Fiscal Impact: The cost of the proposed ordinance would be dependent on decisions that the Mayor and Board of Supervisors make in future budgets, as this ordinance does not bind future Mayors and Boards of Supervisors to provide funding for this purpose. Should future policymakers choose to direct funds to the Reproductive Freedom Fund, cost requirements are likely to be minimal ranging up to approximately $8,000 for the maintenance of signage.

State law prohibits the City from cooperating with or providing information to any law enforcement agency of another state or the federal government regarding a lawful abortion performed in California. Proposition O would declare it to be City policy to:

  • Serve as a safe place for people seeking reproductive care, including abortions

  • Protect the rights of pregnant people to control their medical decisions

  • Safeguard the confidentiality of reproductive health information

Proposition O would also:

  • Create a Reproductive Freedom Fund that accepts grants and gifts to support reproductive rights and services

  • Require DPH to maintain a public website that lists facilities that provide abortions or emergency contraception or offer referrals for these services, and lists limited services pregnancy centers in San Francisco

  • Authorize DPH to post signs outside limited services pregnancy centers to inform the public that those facilities do not provide abortions or emergency contraception or offer referrals for these services; these signs would also indicate where to obtain these services

  • Limit City-funded facilities that provide abortions from requiring providers to have additional medical qualifications beyond those required by law

  • Prohibit City officials from providing information to law enforcement agencies of other states or the federal government concerning a person’s use or possession of contraception, use of in vitro fertilization, pregnancy status or choice to get an abortion; and

  • Modify the City’s zoning law so that reproductive health clinics may operate in more areas of San Francisco, including all floors in nonresidential districts and corner lots in residential districts.

Source: Final Digest - Supporting Reproductive Rights

City and County of San Francisco Office of Elections